JNEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



ggery, for more than a year ; and we presume 

 iat its destruction will convince even the most 

 lecided believers in Remington's theory, that his 

 plan will not answer for long and heavy structures, 

 which, as in the case of the bridge here, will break 

 with their own weight, after losing their original 

 balance, by the action of the weather. The bridge, 

 we believe, was never accepted by the Council, 

 and the city, therefore loses nothing by its unfit- 

 ness and demolition. It was built under the super- 

 vision of Remington himself, and must have been 

 a costly work." 



GALVANIZED IRON. 



Mr. R. Hunt, in the course of a lecture on min- 

 ing, delivered at the London Institution, said, — 

 "Considerable attention had been lately paid to 

 the process of galvanizing iron, — a discovery which 

 promises to be of the highest utility. Mr. Nad- 

 smyth, of Patricroft, near Manchester, and Mr. 

 Owen, two gentlemen connected with the govern- 

 ment committee on the subject of metals, had late- 

 ly been making experiments, the result of which 

 w r ould indicate that, by giving iron a coating of 

 zinc, or by combining zinc with iron in its manu- 

 facture, it would be much improved, preserved 

 from oxidizing, and rendered less brittle; and that 

 old plates of iron — such, for instance, as had been 

 used for the bottoms of ships — with an admixture 

 of zinc, still possessed its original qualities ; and, 

 in fact, iron re-melted from such plates was found 

 to be of a better quality than at first. These ex 

 periments had, indeed, excited great attention to 

 the important question, whether iron would not 

 be improved by a small portion of zinc. Tinned 

 iron, exposed to the atmosphere, very soon became 

 oxodized ; but in iron protected by zinc, although 

 exposed to all weather, there was no change. In- 

 deed, a piece made bright remained so after being 

 placed in water several months. The zinced iron, 

 which was now. used in roofing large buildings — 

 as, for instance, the new Houses of Parliament — 

 had the quality of becoming incrusted with a coat of 

 oxide of zinc, which prevented any further destruc 

 tive effects from exposure to the atmosphere." 



Swimming' Apparatus. — The Washington Tele- 

 graph states that Mr. De Bibery has invented one 

 of the most important life-saving and swimming 

 apparatus we have ever seen. Application has 

 been made by Mr. DeB. fora patent. It is akind 

 of frock or doublet, and interlaid with small me- 

 tallic boxes, inflated. This doublet may be worn 

 as an overall on shipboard, and it is impossible for 

 the wearer to sink below the shoulders, and Mr. 

 De B. asserts that a person may remain in the 

 water any length of time, and the water has no 

 effect whatever on the buoyancy of the dress. 



New Invention. — The Oswego Times describes 

 a machine to prevent steam boiler explosions. 

 The principle upon which it acts is that of a feed- 

 er, which will keep the water in the boiler always 

 at the same height. 



Rose Insects. — The following remedy will be 

 found a most effectual one : — To three gallons of 

 water add one peck of soot and one quart of un- 

 slacked lime. Stir it well — let it stand for twen- 

 ty-four hours, and when the soot rises to the sur- 

 face skim it off. Use a syringe for applying it. 



Bern' 3 department. 



TIME WELL IMPROVED. 



We had the privilege and gratification (a grati- 

 fication it was truly) one evening last week, of 

 witnessing the operations of a beautiful little steam 

 engine, manufactured by a brace of clever lads in 

 this city, during their leisure hours after school 

 and vacations. The cylinder is 2 1-2 inches in di- 

 ameter, with a stroke of 7 1-2 inches, and it has 

 all the fixtures of a well-bred machine, and works 

 beautifully. The engine is all the work of two 

 pairs of youthful hands, and is certainly a compli- 

 ment to their ingenuity and perseverance. But 

 what pleased us most was to see two lads, sur- 

 rounded with all the amusements of the day, and 

 with almost unlimited means for gratifying them- 

 selves, turning their attention to the useful things 

 instead of the follies of life. "While other boys 

 have danced and rode and wasted their time in that 

 which profiteth nothing, they have made them- 

 selves masters of the principles on which a steam 

 engine is built, manufactured one, and have put 

 it in operation. Well may they, as they do, feel 

 proud of their achievement. 



We allude to this mainly for the purpose of 

 showing our young friends what they can do in 

 their leisure moments, and to impress upon them 

 the necessity of keeping themselves occupied with 

 something useful and instructive, instead of wast- 

 ing their time and exposing themselves to the bad 

 influence of others with whom they are too apt to 

 associate when idle. — Weekly Mirror. 



SONG FOR BOYS. 



When life is full of health and glee, 

 Work thou as busy as a bee ! 

 And take this gentle hint from me — 

 Be careful of your money ! 

 Be careful of your money, boys — 



Be careful of your money; 

 You'll find it true, that friends are few, 

 When you are short of money ! 



But do not shut sweet mercy's doors 

 When sorrow pleads, or want implores; 

 To help to heal misfortune's sores, 

 Be careful of your money ! 

 Be carelul of your money, boys — 



Be careful of your money ; 

 To help the poor who seek your door, 

 Be careful of your money ! 



SLANG. 



The use of slang phrases, to which so many per- 

 sons in this country are addicted, is, if not an in- 

 variable mark of vulgarity, indicative of low asso- 

 ciations at some period of life, and a certain want 

 of dignity and refinement. The young naturally 

 fall into this habit, so offensive to good taste, not 

 only because they have examples in their asso- 

 ciates, but because the columns of too many news- 

 papers that fall into their hands abound with low 

 slang, and the wit and vulgarity of theatre lobbies 

 and street coiners. As the use of such terms 

 serves no good purpose whatever, but tends rather 

 to what is low and demoralizing, parents ought 

 especially to discountenance it in their children ; 

 and, so far as themselves are concerned, give up 

 the habit if it should have insensibly grown upon 

 them. — Home Gazette. 



